Building Information Modeling: Framework for Structural Design

by Nawari O. Nawari, Michael Kuenstle

Overview

This book focuses on how engineers and architects can benefit from new frameworks and technologies by reviewing the building information management (BIM) concept, discussing how BIM will affect education and practice, evaluating current BIM technology, exploring critical issues for best practices in BIM environments, and reviewing fundamentals of architectural and structural analysis under the new framework. The book provides professionals and students with the necessary knowledge and tools to assist them in understanding architectural structures and utilizing BIM to offer practical design solutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040076101
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	04/21/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	284
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Nawari, (Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE) has over 20 years of experience in design, teaching, and research specializing in building structures and building information modeling. Currently, he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses at the University of Florida. He has written and co-authored over 70 publications and three books. He is an active member of the U.S. National Building Information Modeling Standard Committee (NBIMS), BIM Committee of the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), and co-chair of the subcommittee on BIM in education and many other professional societies. Dr. Nawari is also a board certified professional engineer in the states of Florida and Ohio.

Michael W. Kuenstle, AIA, received his graduate architecture degree from Columbia University in New York City. He holds a bachelor of architecture degree from the University of Houston. Kuenstle served as adjunct associate professor at the New York Institute of Technology from 1990 to 1993. He has been a professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Florida since 1993 where he teaches architecture design studio and advanced graduate structures courses. His building design projects have received several AIA design awards and have been published and exhibited throughout North America. A licensed architect, he serves as a member of the Board of Trustees to the Florida Foundation for Architecture.

Table of Contents

Introduction. Structure and Architecture Synergy Framework (SAS Framework). Introduction. Building Information Modeling. Modeling Elements. Architectural Elements. Structural Analysis. Index.

Editorial Reviews

"The main strength of this book lies in its focus on applications of BIM on structural engineering, coupling the structural design task with architectural design."
—Gian A. Rassati, University of Cincinnati

"The detailed description of the steps in using a BIM tool for various aspects of structural design, together with aspects of interoperability with FEM and other tools, is the main strength of the material … Such detailed description is particularly useful for students to understand how to integrate BIM efficiently in the structural engineering. The descriptions followed by related exercises should foster ‘learning through examples and learning by doing’ and such content is currently missing in BIM textbooks."
—Vishal Singh, Aaalto University

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